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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Infographic showing key crime categories in Coral Gables from 2022 to 2025. A grouped bar chart tracks motor vehicle theft, burglary, drug violations, and robbery across four years. Motor vehicle theft fell from a peak of 169 in 2023 to 100 in 2025. Burglary declined from 102 in 2022 to 77 in 2025. Robbery dropped sharply to five in 2024 before rising to seven in 2025. Drug violations rose modestly from 29 in 2023 to 40 in 2025. A callout notes no murders or manslaughters were recorded in 2025. Stat cards show overall crime down 12.15 percent, motor vehicle theft down 20 percent, shoplifting down 20 percent, and vandalism up nearly 13 percent.

Coral Gables crime fell another 12 percent in 2025

NEWS

A crowd of graduates in black doctoral gowns and velvet tam caps at the University of Miami commencement. Two women in the foreground smile and hold their hands up forming the U gesture, the university's signature hand sign. Orange and green hood trim is visible on several graduates' regalia.

UM commencement marks a centennial, a farewell and 4,500 degrees

May 11, 2026

Two golden retrievers stand together in a blue pop-up kiddie pool on a sunny day at Chewy Bark Park in Coral Gables. The dog on the left wears a teal bandana and looks skyward with mouth open; the dog on the right wears an orange cap and looks directly at the camera. Additional pools and event attendees are visible in the background.

277 dogs made history at Chewy Bark Park — and had the best Saturday of their lives

May 11, 2026

Aerial view of the Biltmore Way and Anderson Road intersection in Coral Gables. Two roadways meet at an asymmetrical junction marked with a merge lane indicator. Mature trees and a white residential structure occupy the left side of the frame; a pink high-rise building stands at right. A blue sedan is visible near the bottom left. The intersection currently operates as a two-way stop with no pedestrian crosswalks.

Coral Gables to unveil roundabout concepts for Biltmore Way intersection

May 11, 2026

OPINION

A packed stadium section filled with fans waving American flags and English St. George's Cross flags, many dressed in red, white, and blue, cheering during an international soccer match.

EDITORIAL: A city hosting FIFA should not fear the World Cup

May 7, 2026

A pie chart titled “General Fund Operating Revenue by Type” shows Coral Gables’ 2025–26 budget distribution: property taxes account for $137.5 million (63.2%), other city fees and taxes $72.6 million (33.3%), and intergovernmental revenue $7.6 million (3.5%).

EDITORIAL: A budget built on growth meets a changing reality

May 4, 2026

New construction accounted for $45 million of Coral Gables’ $1.33 billion increase. (Photo: Robin and Robert Burr, Great Gables Guide)

EDITORIAL: At 101, Coral Gables begins its second century as a different city

April 30, 2026

ARTS & LEISURE

Actors Mallory Newbrough and Daniel Llaca perform a tense scene from Dial M for Murder onstage at Actors’ Playhouse, with Newbrough holding a telephone as Llaca stands behind her in a trench coat inside a 1950s-style apartment set.

In this ‘Dial M’ at Actors’ Playhouse, the danger extends beyond murder

May 11, 2026

ive theater artists pose against a green background with a large yellow paper sun. Director Stuart Meltzer sits at left in a blazer with a briefcase. Standing and seated around him, left to right: Jeni Hacker in a lace duster holding a book, Rita Cole in a red leather jacket holding a scone, Jordyn Moone in a white off-shoulder top knitting, and Ryan Didato in a hoodie holding a phone. All are barefoot on a children's alphabet play mat.

Before COVID, ‘Eureka Day’ was satire. Now it lands differently.

May 11, 2026

Side-by-side portraits of violinist William Hagen playing violin and pianist Marina Radiushina seated beside a piano.

From Mozart to Grieg, recital explores the violin at its most expressive

May 11, 2026